BHC 000188 LST unloading

Ref: BHC 000188

Through the gaping doors of landing craft motorised invasion equipment hurriedly rolls ashore at Paestrum twenty miles south of Salerno as US coast guard navy and army personnel get the highly coordinated invasion underway. This picture is one of the first to be released showing the open doors of the LST craft and ramps. Navy and coast guard personnel man combat transports LST's and other invasion craft.